Historical Counties of Scotland (with map)

Can you name all of the 33 historical counties (shires) of Scotland with the help of a map?
These counties of Scotland should not be confused with the currently used administrative divisions of Scotland, which are council areas.
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Answer
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll
Ayrshire
Banffshire
Berwickshire
Bute
Caithness
Clackmannanshire
Dumfriesshire
Dunbartonshire
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East Lothian
Fife
Inverness-shire
Kincardineshire
Kinross-shire
Kirkcudbrightshire
Lanarkshire
Midlothian
Moray
Nairnshire
Orkney
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Peeblesshire
Perthshire
Renfrewshire
Ross and Cromarty
Roxburghshire
Selkirkshire
Shetland
Stirlingshire
Sutherland
Westlothian
Wigtownshire
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6 Comments
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Level 70
Mar 7, 2021
Good one Dylan! Keep up with those SVGs ;)
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Level 80
Mar 7, 2021
Fantastic quiz Dylan! Even though I didn't know many, I nominated it.
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Level 55
May 11, 2022
Ross and Cromarty is split into Ross-shire and Cromartyshire
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Level 68
May 11, 2022
Wikipedia shows Ross and Cromarty as being a single county between 1890 and 1975, which is when the data for this quiz was taken from.
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Level 36
Nov 27, 2024
Great quiz - though maybe accept Zetland for Shetland (as it used to be known)?
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Level 68
Dec 4, 2024
I thought it already was. Fixed :)